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verb

Greekμισθόομαι (misthoomai)
Biblang

misthomō

Strong’sG3409

I hire out, hire, engage

stem misth-2 times in the New Testament2 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

μισθόω, -ῶ

(< μισθός), [in LXX (mid.) chiefly for שׂכר;]

to let out for hire. Mid., to hire: c. acc., Mt 20:1, 7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3409 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmis-tho'-o

to let out for wages, i.e. (middle voice) to hire

Fromfrom G3408;

King Jameshire.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
μισθ-όω,
let out for hire, farm out, in present and imperfect, offer to let, τινί τι Refs 5th c.BC+; μισθοῖ αὑτὸν Ὀλυνθίοις offers his services for pay to them, Refs, compare 149; ἑαυτὸν ἐπί τι for a purpose, Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive, μ. τὸν νηὸν τριηκοσίων ταλάντων ἐξεργάσασθαι farm out the building of it for Refs 5th c.BC+
II middle, future μισθώσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+aorist ἐμισθωσάμην: perfect μεμίσθωμαι (see. below):—have let to one, hire, with accusative person vel of things, πλοῖον, μισθωτούς, ἐπικουρικόν, Refs 5th c.BC+; τίνα τῶν πολιτῶν ἑταιρεῖν μεμίσθωμα; Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. τινὰ ταλάντου engage his services at a talent, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀλίγου at a low price, Refs 4th c.BC+infinitive, μ. νηὸν ἐξοικοδομῆσαι contract for the building of the temple, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. γράψαι ψάφισμα Maiuri Nuova Silloge Refs; μισθοῦσθαί τινα with infinitive, hire him to do a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ὑπέρ τινος make a contract for a thing, Refs; ὁ μισθωσάμενος the contractor, Refs 4th c.BC+
III passive, aorist ἐμισθώθην: perfect μεμίσθωμαι (see. below):—to be hired for pay, Μαρδονίῳ μεμισθωμένος οὐκ ὀλίγου hired by him at no small price, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπί τινι for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκ τοῦ μισθωθῆναι from the hire, Refs 4th c.BC+; of a house, to be let on contract, Refs; of a mercenary, μισθωθεὶς ὑπό τινος Refs

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

hire1×hired1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
misthetaἐμισθώσατοhappened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singularhired1×
mistheraμισθώσασθαιhappened · the “to …” formaorist middle infinitivehire1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularmisthomōmisthomemisthomēmisthomelē
you 2nd person singularmisthosōmisthosemisthosēmisthoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularmisthotōmisthotemisthotēmisthotelē
we 1st person pluralmisthonōmisthonemisthonēmisthonelē
ye 2nd person pluralmisthovōmisthovemisthovēmisthovelē
they 3rd person pluralmistholōmistholemistholēmistholelē

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personwill happen futurehappened aorist
I 1st person singularmisthemimisthema
you 2nd person singularmisthesimisthesa
he/she/it 3rd person singularmisthetimistheta1×ἐμισθώσατο
we 1st person pluralmisthenimisthena
ye 2nd person pluralmisthevimistheva
they 3rd person pluralmisthelimisthela
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularmisthomeiōmisthomeiē
you 2nd person singularmisthoseiōmisthoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularmisthoteiōmisthoteiē
we 1st person pluralmisthoneiōmisthoneiē
ye 2nd person pluralmisthoveiōmisthoveiē
they 3rd person pluralmistholeiōmistholeiē

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularmisthemeia
you 2nd person singularmistheseia
he/she/it 3rd person singularmistheteia
we 1st person pluralmistheneia
ye 2nd person pluralmistheveia
they 3rd person pluralmistheleia
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularmisthosōrmisthosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularmisthotōrmisthotēr
ye 2nd person pluralmisthovōrmisthovēr
they 3rd person pluralmistholōrmistholēr

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
you 2nd person singularmisthesar
he/she/it 3rd person singularmisthetar
ye 2nd person pluralmisthevar
they 3rd person pluralmisthelar
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularmisthomoiō
you 2nd person singularmisthosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularmisthotoiō
we 1st person pluralmisthonoiō
ye 2nd person pluralmisthovoiō
they 3rd person pluralmistholoiō

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularmisthemoia
you 2nd person singularmisthesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularmisthetoia
we 1st person pluralmisthenoia
ye 2nd person pluralmisthevoia
they 3rd person pluralmistheloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicemisthorōmisthorē
acts on or for itself middle voicemistherimisthera1×μισθώσασθαι
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicemisthorōntosmisthorēntos
acts on or for itself middle voicemistherintosmistherantos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
misthstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

misth is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

mistheta“hired”happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular1×

Matthew 20:7legalō auto; Hoti oudenos nin mistheta. legatō autoi; Hupagavōr kai vis eis …‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told …

misthera“hire”happened · the “to …” formaorist middle infinitive1×

Matthew 20:1… anthrōpo oikodespoto hotinos exerchata hama prōi misthera ergatoin eis ton ampelōnon autou.… out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.